cacha

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See also: cachá and các hạ

Asturian

Pronunciation

Noun

cacha f (plural caches)

  1. a small and thin flagstone
  2. the handle of a knife or spoon
  3. buttock
  4. a piece of cloth used to wrap newborns
  5. the tip of a pencil
  6. a walking stick or crutch
  7. a piece of bread
  8. a piece of potato sown to sprout a new plant
  9. the eye of a needle

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

cacha

  1. third-person singular past historic of cacher

Galician

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese cachas (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *cappla, contracted form of *cappula, from the plural of capulum (“hilt”).

Noun

cacha f (plural cachas)

  1. (usually in the plural) scale (side plate of the handle of a knife)
  2. (colloquial, usually in the plural) buttock
    Synonym: nádega
    Antes os pais dicían ós fillos: "se te portas mal vas levar nas cachas!"
    In the past the parents used to say to their children: "if you misbehave you'll be spanked !"
  3. (rare) gutter
  4. (rare) scale (of a pine cone)

Etymology 2

From cacho (“head”).

Noun

cacha f (plural cachas)

  1. (colloquial) head
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Verb

cacha

  1. inflection of cachar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

References

  • “cachas” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “cacha” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “cacha” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “cacha” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “cacha” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Verb

cacha

  1. inflection of cachar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
  2. inflection of cachir:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

La cacha de un rifle.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkat͡ʃa/
  • Rhymes: -atʃa
  • Syllabification: ca‧cha

Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *capla, contracted form of Late Latin capula, plural of capulum (“hilt”), from Latin capiō.

Noun

cacha f (plural cachas)

  1. (often in the plural) piece of the handle of a knife
  2. (often in the plural, firearms) stock, buttstock, butt (the part of a rifle or shotgun that rests against the shoulder)
  3. (Spain, colloquial) buttock
  4. (Spain, colloquial) cheek
  5. (Peru, colloquial) mockery
  6. (Spain, colloquial) leg, thigh
  7. (Chile, colloquial) sexual intercourse
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cacha

  1. inflection of cachar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

Welsh

Pronunciation

Verb

cacha

  1. inflection of cachu:
    1. first-person singular future
    2. second-person singular imperative

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
cacha gacha nghacha chacha
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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